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ConnectiveTissue
Connective tissue is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with EpithelialTissue, MuscleTissue, and NervousTissue. It develops from the mesoderm. Connective tissue is found in between other tissues everywhere in the body, including the nervous system. In the central nervous system, the three outer membranes (the meninges) that envelop the brain and spinal cord are composed of connective tissue. All connective tissue consists of three main components: fibers (elastic and collagen fibers), ground substance and cells. Not all authorities include Blood or lymph as connective tissue because they lack the fiber component. All are immersed in the body water. The cells of connective tissue include fibroblasts, adipocytes, macrophages, mast cells and leucocytes.[from Wikipedia]
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Parents Tissue An aggregation of similarly specialized Cells and the associated intercellular substance. Tissues are relatively non-localized in comparison to BodyParts, Organs or Organ components. The main features of Tissues are self-connectivity (see SelfConnectedObject) and being a homogeneous mass (all parts in the same granularity are instances of Tissue as well).
Children BoneTissueRigid Tissue composed largely of calcium that makes up the skeleton of Vertebrates. Note that this Class also includes teeth.
 Cartilagecartilage
 FatTissueNonrigid Tissue that is composed largely of fat cells.


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